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Sympathtic restorations. Who doesn’t have an old bike that they grew up with, your own bike as a child or a parents/grandparents bike, even your old race bike. Too expensive for bike shops to work on?
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The skills, techniques, tools and ‘know-how’ for repairing older bikes are disappearing fast as materials, industry standards and technologies change.
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Have the bits and pieces but lack tools, time or know how? Need your bike built to the best professional standard?
Bearings work best when fitted to prepared surfaces. It’s important to face the head tube and bottom bracket shell
Poor alignment can cause tracking, bearing, gear & wheel issues. Alignment checks are also required after frame & fork cold setting
Building, tensioning and truing, vintage rim repairs, freewheel, freehub and Sturmey servicing, bearing replacements
I’m an independent, professional bicycle mechanic, offering a variety of services and specialising in bike restorations, vintage bike repairs and training. My long experience has given me a specialism in vintage bikes and parts. I can boast a background spanning 35 years in bike mechanics, workshop/ops management and bike retail.
* available for boxed, 2 wheel, cable operated bicycles (non electric). Assembled at your home, depending on distance.